{"id":4339,"date":"2020-12-06T20:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2020-12-07T01:46:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T01:46:18","slug":"nigeria-plunged-into-darkness-as-national-power-grid-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2020\/12\/06\/nigeria-plunged-into-darkness-as-national-power-grid-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Plunged Into Darkness As National Power Grid Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/view\/group\/main\/main\/id\/00075938.html\">Article Link:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, Nigeria\u2019s power grid has been extremely unstable. Recently, parts of it shut down and some sections of the country were in darkness. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, and citizens are forced to share the small amount of electricity produced. Most people only have enough electricity for some lightbulbs, never enough to run a fan or other appliances. The World Bank\u2019s analysis of Nigeria\u2019s energy deficit says that 47% of the population does not get energy from the national power grid, and instead rely on other sources like, fuel generators, and torchlights. They also said that the households that are connected experience blackouts on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria is one of the largest nations in Africa, but they lack the infrastructure to support their population. They are projected as the number one, fastest growing economy in Africa. The biggest issue is that most of their citizens live in poverty. The lack of strong infrastructure and stable energy may cause Nigeria\u2019s economy to decrease. Nigeria is trying to be a more progressive country and modernize society. The purpose of the national power grid and supply of electricity is to support private businesses and boost economic growth. If the lack of stable energy continues though, Nigeria\u2019s GDP can continue to decrease, which will make it harder to boost the economy and reduce poverty in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria\u2019s values align with the liberal theory because as a whole, they want to work together to improve everything in the country. They want to modernize society, expand their economy, and improve infrastructure. Liberalism can also be seen in the functioning of the democracy. As a democratic country, power is not based on ethnicity, race, or socio-economic status, and they have a large percentage of voter turnout, which exemplifies the citizens\u2019 belief in the government. By using liberal and progressive ideals, Nigeria will continue to increase their presence on the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Link: For years, Nigeria\u2019s power grid has been extremely unstable. Recently, parts of it shut down and some sections of the country were in darkness. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, and citizens are forced to share the small amount of electricity produced. Most people only have enough electricity for some lightbulbs, never enough to run a fan&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2020\/12\/06\/nigeria-plunged-into-darkness-as-national-power-grid-collapses\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}